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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Suffolk County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 May 1999 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Britannia Primary School, Britannia Road, Ipswich
Received 3 Aug 1999Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 12 Jul 2005Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6HJ
Received 21 Feb 2017New Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Puddlebrook Playingfields, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 4 Oct 2011Cliff Quay Waste Water Treatment Works, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0ET
Received 21 Sept 2011All Saints Primary School, Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Received 3 Oct 2000Beccles Fire Station, Ravensmere, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9DX
Received 25 Oct 2017Fox's Carr Quarry, Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0JJ
Received 4 Jul 2012Old Forest Primary School, Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 16 Jun 2003St Alban's High School, Digby Road, Ipswich
Received 21 Oct 1999ST GREGORY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET, SUDBURY, SUFFOLK, CO10 2BJ
Received 17 Aug 2012Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 23 May 2025Sexton's Manor Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3HG
Received 17 Oct 2003Lowestoft Waste Transfer and Recycling Station, Hadenham Road, Gisleham, Suffolk, NR33 7NF
Received 30 Oct 2023Biffa Waste Services, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Feb 2008Sizewell B Dry Fuel Store, Sizewell, Leiston, Suffolk
Received 7 May 2013Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 26 Jan 2026Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 9 Mar 2007Land east of former Little Chef, Kentford, Suffolk
Received 10 Dec 2007Ley Plant Sandpit Lane Worlingham Beccles NR34 7TH
Received 27 Jul 2021Leiston Youth Club, Seaward Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4BE
Received 17 Jun 2009Cavenham Quarry Marston's Pit Cavenham Heath Cavenham Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 18 Jun 2024Thurston Community College Norton Road Thurston Suffolk IP31 3PB
Received 16 May 2023Masons Landfill Site, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 21 Aug 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Suffolk County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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